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  "Yes." Lin Qiang nodded at Chen Xingyuan and then stood up to ask, "Who are you?"

  "This man stammered and stuttered: 'Lin... Lin Qiang... now that things have come to this... you should still confess...'"

  "What's going on?"

  "Honestly... honestly..."

  "How is your Chinese? Which one of you was interviewed?! I'm too embarrassed to say that we're colleagues when I go out."

  "...you...don't...again..."

  "Alright, sit down, I won't waste words with you." Lin Qiang swung his arm decisively and sat down first, looking up at the sky with a long sigh, "It's really ridiculous."

  Chen Xingyuan also waved his hand at this man: "I understand the situation. If there's nothing more to add, let's stop here."

  "Hmm... Please, Director Ming... " The prematurely aged man sat in his seat, still looking anxious and uneasy.

  Chen Xingyuan turned to the employees of the Financial Street branch and asked, "You are closer to the parties involved, should know something, heard, seen, can be, is there anything to add?"

  The branch on Financial Street fell silent, with over a dozen people shaking their heads.

  "What does 'shake head' mean?" Chen Xingyuan hummed, displeased. "Is there anyone with a long mouth? Stand up and tell me, what you saw of the dispute between Lin Qiang and Qian Cai, who didn't approve this loan."

  The scene was silent, even though Chen Xingyu had said so much, no one stood up.

  Chen Xingyuan furrowed his brow and stiffened his face, saying: "Is it Lin Qiang who opposes the loan?"

  Everyone looked at Lin Qiang together.

  Lin Qiang looked at the anxious, uneasy and guilty eyes of his former colleagues, and felt a lot. Everyone changed positions, in this atmosphere, even if it was himself, he might not dare to stand up and say "no". At this time, speaking for oneself would not have any benefits, but not speaking for money would absolutely have bad consequences.

  This eerie atmosphere of following the crowd fully exposes human nature. Those who dare to stand out are either fools or geniuses.

  Unfortunately, there are no fools or geniuses among these people, they just shake their heads, they are just ordinary people.

  Chen Xingyuan continued to ask: "So it was just Qian who opposed?"

  They all nodded.

  "I understand. If you have nothing to say, you can leave now." Chen Xingyuan waved his arm and said, "You're just nodding and agreeing, taking no responsibility, not even able to utter a complete sentence. Go back to work!"

  A group of people turned to look at Qian Cai, and after he nodded, they stood up, bowed and left, never daring to look at Lin Qiang again.

  Qian Zai turned his head and rushed towards Chen Xingyuan with a smile, saying: "In the team, they are all young people, seeing your aura has softened, I will go back and educate them well."

  "Hmm..." Chen Xingyuan turned and asked, "Xiao Qian, is there anything you'd like to add?"

  Although Qian Cai was no longer young, with Chen Xingyuan's prestige and age, in this bank, most people can be called "little". In fact, being able to call Chen Xingyuan with a "little" prefix is already a very intimate honor.

  "It's all gone." Qian nodded and smiled, "I already handed it over yesterday, and just now I also submitted the review."

  "What about others?" Chen Xingyuan asked, "Nie Xiaofeng, do you have anything else to say?"

  Nie Xiao Feng was stunned for a moment and also shook his head.

  "You're the only one left." Chen Xingyuan leaned back in his chair and rubbed his neck, saying, "You speak up."

  Chen Xingyuan is indeed an interesting leader. Although he didn't mention anyone's name, he knew that someone must have something to say and had a lot to say.

  Lin Qiang also stood up and said loudly: "Is there anyone else who wants to correct me like that colleague?"

  No one spoke up, but everyone subconsciously glanced at the man from the audit department and secretly laughed.

  "Alright, I've said it." Lin Qiang pressed his left palm on the table, let out a long sigh, and pointed to the ceiling with his right arm, saying loudly, "The leader doesn't know, that's normal. The leader has many things to attend to upstairs and can't possibly know about every small matter."

  Then he pointed his right arm at the table and said, "And as an ordinary person, you must know, 100% know."

  He then pointed at the crowd walking out of the Financial Street branch: "As for them, 500% know."

  The crowd at the branch bank shuddered and hastily dispersed.

  "Dozens of people acting together in perfect harmony, I must applaud the ones who created this atmosphere." Lin Qiang stared at Luosa, clapping his hands one by one.

  Rosa turned her head away and ignored him.

  Lin Qiang turned around and sent away the last person who left, then closed the big gate.

  "They deceive the leaders today, and deceive the auditing department tomorrow. They won't be able to stay in the bank for long," Lin Qiang said quietly. "The path they've chosen is their own, I think even if I wanted to pull them back, I wouldn't be able to."

  When he said this, he stared at Nie Xiaofeng.

  "As for you, my fellow." Lin Qiang turned to the prematurely aged man, "You have not been in this world for long, yet you've already been tied to a bomb. I deeply regret it."

  "Lin Qiang..." Chen Xingyuan couldn't help but look away, reminding him, "Say something substantial."

  "Alright." Lin Qiang returned to the table, glanced over each of the goals he had mentioned before, and said calmly, "Last night, I asked a friend from the police department about it. My friend from the police department laughed after hearing me out, telling me that there are 100 ways to find out the truth."

  Lin Qiang said, counting on his fingers: "One by one, pressure interrogation, lip reading from video recordings, questioning the real estate company employees and so on... She told me that whatever has been done will leave clues behind. The more people who know about it, the more clues there will be."

  Lin Qiang spread his arms: "So, I followed her advice and deleted all the intelligence information on my hands. The investigation can be left to professional law enforcement personnel, there's no need for me to worry about clearing my own name."

  "She told me that she was an outsider, and it was clear to her that this was a real-life version of 'The Emperor's New Clothes'. I only realized the truth after hearing her words. It turns out that when such ridiculous things happen to oneself, one feels this way! Now, no matter how much evidence I find, it won't be useful; soon, law enforcement will investigate everything and the truth will be self-evident."

  "Even if I had a hand in securing this loan, I wouldn't bear any direct responsibility and could just walk away."

  "Experiencing the betrayal of many colleagues."

  "Suffering from slandering that can destroy one's reputation and even lead to death."

  "Undergoing questioning by law enforcement."

  "I should leave, but I'm not willing to just walk away like this."

  "This bank has given me millions in salary, provided me with student loans, and helped me buy a house... My career was ignited here, I don't want to extinguish it, nor do I want to extinguish it with this unjust accusation."

  "So, before I clear out the worms that have been eating away at this bank, I won't leave. I want to watch you struggle, watch you cover up, watch you expose yourself."

  Lin Qiang looked at the two people on the rostrum: "Chen Xingchang, Lu Director, I will fully cooperate with our bank and the Audit Office to restore all the details of the matter, expose all the crimes of this person, and resolve the matter as soon as possible."

  Finally, Lin Qiang looked at the auditing department man who had framed him: "The investigation of the Audit Office must be fair and just. Countless clues and evidence are scattered in every corner. In a few days, the truth will come to light. At this time, doing something that digs your own grave, my fellow colleague, isn't it quite laughable?"

  "It's so obvious, yet you're unaware, the emperor's naked body is so ugly, but you pretend it's beautiful; only seeing the power oppression in front of your eyes, succumbing to the atmosphere of following the crowd, without thinking about tomorrow's collapse, isn't it laughable?"

  “…………”

  The man was silent, and the whole room fell silent.

  After a while, a faint and trembling voice came: "I... I take back what I said earlier..."

  The man from the audit department slowly stood up, lowering his head and not daring to look at anyone. His voice was as thin as a thread: "I don't know Lin Qiang... I just wanted to shift the blame... it's just that my auditing wasn't thorough enough..."

  Wow...

  Gasps of surprise echoed through the conference room.

  To put it simply, Lin Qiang scared him so much that he wet his pants, or rather, he was shocked awake.

  The money-laundering plan was originally only two words - ridiculous.

  But what's even more ridiculous is that everyone followed suit, and the atmosphere was set like this, with no one daring to stand out.

  As the man in the audit department collapsed, the atmosphere also collapsed.

  Chen Xingyuan's expression was intriguing, neither excited nor annoyed. He simply placed the cup on the table and said loudly: "Give me a chance, who wants to take back what they said? Let bygones be bygones."

  In the silence, only the sound of the conference table shaking could be heard. Nie Xiao Feng's body trembled, and even people at the other end of the table could feel it.

  The emperor's new clothes have already been cut open.

  However, Nie Xiaofeng ultimately did not take that step.

  "Alright, Lin Qiang, please sit down." Chen Xingyuan nodded and waited for Lin Qiang to sit down before clasping his hands together and saying quietly, "In the past two days, four people have contacted me to vouch for Lin Qiang's innocence in their personal capacities. Three of them are leaders, and one is an ordinary employee. Among these four people, two of them are extremely trustworthy in my eyes."

  "However, from start to finish, not a single person mentioned the matter of money with me. Many things are self-evident." Chen Xingyuan also didn't care about the money and said on his own, "I'm an old-fashioned person now, a bit stubborn. People like us, when doing business, value integrity the most. As long as it's someone we trust, we'll believe whatever they say."

  "Now, times are different, and credibility has become a laughable thing."

  "Many people present just illustrated this point."

  The scene froze again, and it was clear that Chen Xingyuan had already expressed his stance.

  More and more people are guessing, who is secretly supporting Lin Qiang?! When did three leaders agree to vouch for him with their positions?! Lin Qiang just said a set of words, how great the pressure in the bank was, it turned out that they were all acting, and actually had a very deep foundation here!

  Lian Linqiang himself was secretly shocked, when did he have such a face... four people would actually bear the pressure and directly vouch for him to the director.

  "The people from the Audit Office will arrive ahead of schedule tomorrow." Chen Yuanhang said with a heavy heart, "At this moment, it is also the last chance for some people to return to the right path. I will cherish the friendship we have accumulated over the years and do my best to help you, hoping that you will take care of yourself."

  Chen Xingyun's words can be said to have reached the extreme of benevolence and righteousness.

  The silence lasted for half a minute, and still no one answered him.

  "Alright..." Chen Xingyuan nodded to Lu Feng and slowly stood up, "Meeting adjourned. Tomorrow at 9 am, relevant personnel come to this conference room for an audit office investigation. And Lin Qiang, you come to my office."